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• How to form an ALM
• Contact ALM experts
• Lists of ALMs in Mumbai
AGNI helps citizens form a body called an "ALM" which stands for Advanced Locality Management. It is an MCGM framework and a way for citizens and the MCGM to work together on locality problems. An ALM covers a neighbourhood or street, normally about 1,000 citizens. It is registered by the local municipal Ward Office, which appoints a Nodal Officer to attend to citizen complaints.
Problems addressed may relate to garbage clearance, composting, drainage, water supply, beautification, encroachment, road excavation, pothole filling, road and pavement leveling, surfacing, stray animals, pest control etc.
ALM is a system providing single window access to most civic services. But before a citizen group is recognized as an ALM, it must begin to segregate domestic garbage into wet and dry.
How to form an ALM
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• | Consult at least three civic-minded citizens, then call a meeting of concerned residents of the area. Inform the Ward Office of your intention to form an ALM. See format of a letter.
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| • | A representative of the Ward Office should address the first ALM meeting.
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| • | Identify major and minor problems of the locality at the meeting.
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| • | Each building selects one representative on a "Core Group."
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| • | Volunteers should monitor garbage segregation for a few days and coordinate collection with the BMC.
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| • | The Core Group should meet at least once a week for a start. The Nodal Officer must maintain a Locality Register and should visit the ALM weekly.
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| • | An ALM representative should attend the monthly meeting taken by the Asst Municipal Commissioner at the Ward Office where Locality Registers and/or unresolved problems are screened by the AMC.
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| • | General meetings for the whole area can be held monthly or quarterly.
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| • | Meetings should be minuted and minutes circulated (they could form your ALM Newsletter).
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| • | A common fund can be set up - may be Re 1 per flat per day, collected on a quarterly basis. Contributions come easily when people see progress.
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Contact your Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for more information:
Central Suburbs & City:
Mr. S.S. Bhagwat (OSD), 'N' Ward, BMC Office,
Jawahar Road, Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai-400 077
Mobile: 98207 02537
Western Suburbs:
Mrs S.S.Redkar(Dy. OSD), K-West Ward, BMC Office,
Paliram Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai-400 058.
Mobile: 98212 54950
Eastern Suburbs:
Mr. S.B. Patil (Asstt. OSD), 'N' Ward, BMC Office,
Jawahar Road, Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai-400 077
Mobile: 98215 98983
Mr Subrat Ratho (Additional Municipal Commissioner),
MCGM,
Mahapalika Marg,
Mumbai-400 001
Tel: 2262 0149
AGNI
Peacock Palace, 69 B. Desai Road,
Mumbai-400 026
Tel 2361 1327 Fax: 2362 2492
E-mail: alm@agnimumbai.org
Some suggestions for running an ALM
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| | • | Follow up with your Asst Municipal Commissioner (Ward Officer) for appointment of a Nodal, or Beat, Officer.
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| • | The Nodal Officer is the best means to interact with various departments of the Ward and the municipality.
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| • | If complaints are not resolved at Ward level, they should go to the Deputy Municipal Commissioner of your zone (tel. no. available at the Ward Office).
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| • | Consider displaying a banner that your street/locality is an ALM.
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| • | The success of an ALM may depend on your ability:
- to know the system and deal with civic officials
- to reach consensus within the ALM
- to tackle ego issues between members
- to persevere despite red tape, setbacks and apathy
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Contact ALM Experts
Name:- Ms.Indrani Malkani
Contact:-2364 0113 (Between 9 AM and 9 PM)
Name:- Mr. Rajkumar Sharma
Contact:-2528 0510 / 9820 989310
Name:- Mr. Adolf D'Souza
Contact:-2620 8792 (before 10.00 AM and after 4.00 PM)
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